How to disable gestures (charms bar, edge swipes, etc...) without changing the registry

Anonymous
2012-12-23T17:49:41+00:00

I've had a Windows 8 laptop for a few days and the charms bar/settings pages that kept popping up out of nowhere were driving me absolutely insane.  BUT, I finally figured out how to turn them off. 

I went into control panel>hardware and sound>mouse>device settings>settings.  From there you can adjust a lot of the trackpad settings, including DISABLE EDGE SWIPES. 

I have a Toshiba Satellite with a synaptics mouse/trackpad, so i cant guarantee this works with all models, devices, etc. 

Windows 8 for laptop is now tolerable!  Hope this helps!

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Anonymous
2013-05-23T18:33:46+00:00

Try this; maybe it will work:

Control Panel>Mouse>UltraNav>TouchPad Settings>Application Gestures>Edge Swipes>Deselect “Enable Edge Swipes”

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-03-11T01:50:08+00:00

    Microsoft!

    Cant you see how many users are complaining?

    Please post a solution!!!!!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-03-17T21:09:01+00:00

    Microsoft is pushing pretty and fancy but useless garbage so you won't buy an Mac.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-03-18T05:38:44+00:00

    I don't know what to do, I have tried everything, from the bash scripts to manual registry editing. I am totally going change my OS, I am not even considering going back to Windows 7 because I am hating Windows so much right now. Alas my friendship with Windows is over. Unless they come up with a way to disable these irritating features. I do not want to use it.

    Go Ubuntu..

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